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August 2021 Moms
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Health and Fitness Check In 12/21
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This thread is for everyone who is trying to maintain some sort of fitness level or healthy eating lifestyle this pregnancy. No matter how big or small your goals please feel free to jump in!
How far along are you?
What are your long term goals?
What are you goals for this week?
How are you doing so far with your goals? (Feel free to AW or vent here!)
Any obstacles?
Questions?
*let me know if there is anything else I should be adding to this...
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How far along are you?
What are your long term goals?
What are you goals for this week?
How are you doing so far with your goals? (Feel free to AW or vent here!)
Any obstacles?
Questions?
*let me know if there is anything else I should be adding to this...
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Re: Health and Fitness Check In 12/21
4+5
What are your long term goals?
TW
I never lost the weight I gained from my 2 MMC pregnancies and I stopped working out completely when I got pregnant with DD2 for fear of another loss...SO my long term goal is to not gain too much weight this time, continue to workout the entire pregnancy, eat healthy, and hopefully get back to my pre child weight and some semblance of my pre child body again...or at least pre DD2 body.
End TW
What are you goals for this week?
I do the elliptical for 30 minutes a day so continue with that. Plus not eat any junk.
How are you doing so far with your goals? (Feel free to AW or vent here!)
I haven't missed a day working out since October, which I'm proud of, and I cut out all junk the day I got my bfp. So I'm pretty happy with how things are going so far. I know it will get harder once the nausea hits.
Any obstacles?
I start work again on January 4th as my mat leave is just ending, so it is going to be harder to find the time to fit in my workouts once work starts since I don't want to take time away from my 2 girls in the evenings.
Questions?
None at the moment:)
How far along are you? 4+4
What are your long term goals? To stay active throughout the pregnancy. I have a virtual yoga membership and I'm considering adding a virtual membership with a local pelvic rehab and fitness centre—they specialize in pre- and post-natal fitness.
What are you goals for this week? Drink 10 glasses of water a day. Two down today, 8 to go.
How are do doing so far with your goals? I did not drink enough water over the weekend, which I think is contributing to my constipation
Any obstacles? Myself, really. I am working from home, so I have a lot of flexibility in when I can actually work out. It's just a matter of making that time for myself.
Questions? NATM
5 weeks today
Maintain healthy weight (gained a little weight right before conceiving so I'm a little higher weight than I wanted to be.
At least 4 workouts and at least 2 balanced meals per day.
Working in it. Nausea is pretty awful right now and sciatic nerve pain, I feel like I can barely move some times.
Nausea and fatigue and sciatica. Also the children who think "oh, mommy's working out. Let's jump on her!" Make things tough.
I don't think so.
What are your long term goals?
To maintain a healthy weight, exercise at least 30 minutes x 3-4 times a week.
Continue to make healthier eating choices - more greens, less red meat, more seafood and chicken.
What are you goals for this week?
To keep at my peloton rides (I use the app, not the bike). I have really enjoyed them and cycling is a great work out.
Doing pretty good on the food front overall.
How are you doing so far with your goals? (Feel free to AW or vent here!)
-Well, week started and I haven't done it yet, so that's a big fat 0/3 this week. But I plan to this afternoon.
Any obstacles?
-Need to go to bed earlier and also figure out what is driving my middle of the night wake ups that result in sluggishness all day.
Questions?
What are your long term goals? I'm supposed to do a half-marathon in April. We will see lol And I just want to maintain my weight during this pregnancy. I'm a bit overweight so that should be fine, obviously I'll work on gaining if my CNM says I need to.
What are you goals for this week? This week I'm just happy with getting my dogs 3 walks a day in. I usually don't do much in terms of exercise the week of Christmas anyway.
How are you doing so far with your goals? (Feel free to AW or vent here!) I took my dog on a decently long walk this morning so I guess good. I resisted the urge to cut it short and took the long route.
Any obstacles?
Questions?
What are your long term goals? My goal is to stay active throughout my pregnancy. That includes doing some physical activity or movement each week. Right now I spin 4x/week and I run during the winter months when the weather is nice. I did prenatal yoga at a fantastic yoga studio that was in a converted church and LOVED it. I doubt they are open and wouldn't feel comfortable working out in public in an enclosed space anyway, but it's a bummer. I really enjoyed that last time around.
What are you goals for this week? Continue to workout and drink more water! My eating hasn't been great the last two weeks because I need to keep food in my stomach. I usually do intermittent fasting so I'm not much of a snacker.
How are you doing so far with your goals? (Feel free to AW or vent here!): Tomorrow I hit my 100 week streak. I really proud of that.
Any obstacles? Nausea is kicking my butt. Also, I like to workout early in the morning with an empty stomach and that isn't going so well. I have to find a small snack I can have so I don't puke mid ride.
Questions?: Nope!
What are your long term goals?: Gain strength to prepare my body for the physical demands of labor/taking care of a baby.
What are you goals for this week?: Not sure honestly (see question below)! I guess in general I'm trying to eat nutrient-rich meals, limit snacking, and drink plenty of water.
How are you doing so far with your goals?: Pretty good! My goals for this week aren't much of a diversion from what I've been doing up to this point, so not struggling so far.
Any obstacles?: My main obstacle is that I am... not in good shape, haha. I'm at a good weight but I'm also pretty weak! I hate working out, especially at home (I used to somewhat enjoy going to a local hot yoga studio, but that's been off the table since March), and I'm genuinely concerned about basic stuff like being strong enough to carry the baby for long periods of time and things like that.
Questions?: Anyone have any recommendations for where to start with strength-building workouts? Suggestions for videos, virtual classes, self-led workout regimens, or even equipment recommendations would all be much appreciated!
5+4
Stay healthy, active, keep my energy levels up enough to take care of my family.
What are you goals for this week?
Eat decently and walk every day.
How are you doing so far with your goals? (Feel free to AW or vent here!)
I just made them lol so idk yet. I haven’t been walking because I’ve been so tired. It always makes me feel better when I do though so it’ll be nice to have this thread to remind me and hold me accountable!
Just being tired. I might walk more often if I didn’t have to take the kiddos. I have to carry/wear DD and usually by the end I’m carrying DS too. Once we get back home I’ll have my stroller again so that won’t be an issue anymore though.
I just need someone to tell me how much I’m supposed to be eating while tandem nursing and growing another human! I guess I should text my midwife and find out.
I'm thankful for the 18 months tandem nursing and that my daughter wasn't forced to stop before she was ready.
What are your long term goals?
To work out 3-5 days a week the whole time.
What are you goals for this week?
How are you doing so far with your goals? (Feel free to AW or vent here!)
I really need to do something today and tomorrow.
Any obstacles?
My DD is out of school and her sleep hasn’t been great (waking up as early as 4:15/:430 - today was 5:40) and she’s waking up in my quiet workout time and it’s really throwing my whole day off.
Questions?
@surrenderdorothy I was doing IF too before this pregnancy and it’s hard for me to remember sometimes that I’m not feeling great because I need a snack/something in my stomach. I also typically workout while fasting before and definitely can’t do that anymore.
Interesting on the heart rate. During my last pregnancy, my doctor never mentioned it and I ran and worked out the whole time. Her biggest thing was to not over exert or go too far beyond current fitness level.
Definitely talk to your doctor, but Mayo clinic suggests this. TLDR version: if you worked out before, it's not as much of a concern and they don't focus on it as much anymore.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/pregnancy-week-by-week/expert-answers/exercise-during-pregnancy/faq-20058359
I saw prenatal yoga on the app too.